Google suffers from a perception problem for consumer-oriented products, agreed. I don't think anyone faults Google for haphazardly closing down enterprise products. The enterprise world runs differently - deprecations have long timelines, are well-telegraphed ahead of time, and sudden deprecations may come with contractual penalties. Which Cloud products are analogous to Google Reader?
Stadia, I think, is the biggest example of a Google product failing bc of this perception. But it had other, big problems as well.
>> I don't think anyone faults Google for haphazardly closing down enterprise products.
I think you meant "consumer products" here? I mean, I'd definitely fault them for haphazardly closing down enterprise products.
I confess I don't differentiate Google into "Google Consumer" and "Google Enterprise". So, to me, an issue with say Gmail or Reader is a "Google issue" - not a "Google Consumer" issue. I don't think to myself "oh yeah, well Google+ is a consumer product so closing that has no bearing on their enterprise offerings".
So sure, GCP maybe an entirely different beast. But my perceptions are for all of Google. If you want GCP to be judged on "non-google" standards, then perhaps don't put Google in the name...
To be clear I've never tried GCP. It could be 10% of the price, run 10 times as fast, and have magnificent support for all I know. However I likely still wouldn't use it (for anything meaningful) because I don't _trust_ Google. This is a trust issue, not a price or performance issue.
> The enterprise world runs differently - deprecations have long timelines, are well-telegraphed ahead of time, and sudden deprecations may come with contractual penalties.
Is Chrome an enterprise product?
Because the whole Manifest v2 deprecation timeline was a debacle, considering many businesses run critical extensions. Originally Jan 2023 (without GP override), now June 2023.
Stadia, I think, is the biggest example of a Google product failing bc of this perception. But it had other, big problems as well.